<font color='navy' size='2' face='Comic Sans MS, sans-serif'> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "> Hi Marshall</div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">  Well you are certainly an honest man and you are in the right place  The learning curve is long and there are always different things we do not know and for sure many ways and tools to do the same things.  Mix that with a healthy dose of individual opinions and bias on a subject and it makes for a lively time.  This is a really complex business. Part musician, mechanic, psychiatrist and marketing guru.</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">So...</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">   That said YOU and ME and All of us being on this list is one of the best form of continuing education available. It happens daily, and the resources are at your fingertips. SO </font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">what</font><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> of Joe and Dale get a little cranky some days, no one really bites too hard. Right Joe? What ? its just me? Hmm</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> Also you can always write to one of us privately about something if the anxiety factor is too high.</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Best</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2">Dale</font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"> </font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"><br> </font></div> <div><font color="#000080" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif" size="2"><br> </font> <div style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; clear: both; "><font size="1" color="royalblue"><b><font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, Serif"><font color="black"><font color="mediumblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Dale Erwin R.P.T.<br> <font color="green">Erwin's Piano Restoration Inc.</font><br> </font></font></font></b></font><font color="darkgreen"><span style="font-style: italic;"><b><font size="1"><font size="1" color="black"><font color="blueviolet"><font color="black"> <font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Mason & Hamlin</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">/Steinway/</font><font color="black" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">U.S. pianos</font><font face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif"><br> </font></font></font></font><font size="1" color="cornflowerblue" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">www.Erwinspiano.com</font><font size="1"><br> </font><font size="1" color="crimson" face="Comic Sans MS, sans-serif">Phone: 209-577-8397</font><br> <font color="darkgreen"></font></font></b></span></font><tt><tt><font color="darkgreen"><br>  </font><br>   <font size="2"></font></tt></tt><br> <br> </div> <br> <br> <div style="color: black; font-family: arial, helvetica; font-size: 10pt; ">-----Original Message-----<br> From: Marshall Gisondi <pianotune05@hotmail.com><br> To: pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org><br> Sent: Thu, Nov 1, 2012 4:13 pm<br> Subject: [pianotech] questions on the list<br> <br> <div id="AOLMsgPart_1_c088c370-3857-438a-b793-0a9b5e35cfd2"> <div dir="ltr"> <font size="3" face="Arial">Hi Everyone,</font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial">When reading all of these questions folks ask on here I'm reminded of something that came up about a month or so agoa that I thought I'd mention.  While on the phone with my past instructor from the school, we were discussing different tasks and what I should know by now etc.  I'm not sure how it happened, but he mentiond an e-mail he received from a tech. in my area asking him if I was trained and wondering why I didn't know how to do certain things or something to that nature that somehow I brought up in the past.  So now I feel safe saying, "I do this or that when doing a pitch raise etc."  but I 'm leary about asking an actual question for fear it will come across as if Marshall doesn't know what he's talking about or the school I attended receiving a bum rap so to speak.  Let's face it there's quite a bit to learn and keep learning in our field.  I will admit that in the past I've asked questions maybe  due to uncertainity or due to a need for more review.  I'll also admit that due to lack of self confidence in a certain aspect of our field I might have inquired.  I do have the Reblits book here and past notes form the school and my good memory, but at times I like to gain extra feedback on here in order to make certain I'm not missing something.  Has anyone here had  any problem like this, the fear of inquring because you are worried that it might come back to you eventually?  The interesting thing is, I've never seen this person on the tech list before nor at a guild meeting, the few I've attended so far.  So Im not sure how this came about, but I thought I'd bring up this topic here because I'm honestly quite leary to ask questions specific to how to do a certain tasks, repairs or procedures anymore.  I don't mind saying I do this or that        for this and so forth but to ask a question leaves me worried that it might come back as a "does Marshall know what he's  talking about or shouldn't he know this already."  So am I the only one here who's looking over his shoulder?  If so I'll call my wifes chiropractor I'm getting a stiff neck.  Thanks for listening everyone or reading rather unless of course you have a screen reader.  Also, I'm not 100% certain this persons feedback came from anyone here, but I thought I'd start here.  I'm just looking for a safe place to inquire and state my mind without it biting me on the cheek blocks. :-) Thanks</font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial">Marshall</font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial">215-510-9400</font><br> <font size="3" face="Arial"></font> <br> </div> </div>  </div> </div> </font>